Government

The Grayson County Board of Supervisors and the Virginia Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing to gather comments concerning its secondary six-year road plan and the 2011-12 secondary roads budget during a meeting April 14. The hearing should begin around 7 p.m. in the Grayson County Courthouse boardroom.
The plan and budget can be viewed at the county administrator’s office or copies are available from The Declaration’s website at www.independencedeclaration.com.

Boundaries of Western Virginia’s General Assembly districts would change dramatically and some incumbent legislators could lose their seats under redistricting plans introduced late Tuesday.
Under the plans, Carroll County would end up in a new House district with Wythe County, and the Twin Counties would be divided up among three senatorial districts.
Legislators will seek office in the new districts in the November 2011 elections, and the districts will take effect Jan. 1, 2012.

Rep. Morgan Griffith made his first visit back to Independence since winning the 9th District House of Representatives seat in last November’s election.
He fielded questions during a reception at the 1908 Courthouse about his first impressions as a new congressman in Washington and his plans to improve the economy and other problems.
5th District Del. Bill Carrico asked Griffith, who was a fellow colleague while serving in the House of Delegates in Richmond, what was being done about the high cost of gasoline.

Leesa Gayheart has been named Grayson County’s first finance director, County Administrator Jonathan Sweet announced March 29.
Gayheart, a Grayson resident, is well-known in the area, working in administration in the Grayson County Sheriff’s Department since December 1996. Prior to that, she worked as an administrative assistant for Grayson County Public Schools.